Prof. Andrews of UC Berkeley gives a guest presentation at AGS

On October 3rd, Dr. Richard Andrews, Associate Director of the UC Berkeley Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) in California, gave a guest lecture at AGS to students in the undergraduate study abroad in Paris program. His lecture was entitled: "Taking Hold of Human Destiny: The Evolution of Cultural Policy in France and the United States". It focused on the creation of modern cultural policies in the U.S. and France. Why and how do governments support culture and the arts? How do French and American cultural programs resemble or differ from one another? What are the future trajectories for cultural policies in the two countries? Dr Andrews's lecture examined the roots of France and the US's current arts support systems, considering the intersections of arts policy and arts practice via case studies, and proposing new ways of thinking about the role of cultural support.

The UC Berkeley Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) is a leading research and training laboratory focused on the creative interaction between music and science. Dr. Andrews is also Executive Director of the Eco Ensemble, UC Berkeley's professional new music chamber group dedicated to contemporary works by emerging and established composers. He has developed and taught courses at the UC Paris Study Center and the American University of Paris, and has lectured at the Savannah College of Art and Design SCAD/Lacoste, the Institute for American Universities, Parsons Paris, and the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.

AGS's undergraduate study abroad in Paris program focuses on the culture, history and politics of France and Europe. It is conducted in partnership with Arcadia University's College of Global Studies and welcomes students enrolled at various universities across the US who come to Paris for a semester or a full year to gain international experience and transfer the credits back to their home institution. More information here.